# the Mother Hips at the Grate Room at Terrapin Crossroads, June 3, 2016

[Terrapin Crossroads](http://www.terrapincrossroads.net/events/the-mother-hips/) presents [the Mother Hips](http://www.motherhips.com/)  
2016-06-03  
[the Back Porch at Terrapin Crossroads](http://terrapincrossroads.net/)  
[100 Yacht Club Drive, San Rafael, CA 94901 USA](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=100+Yacht+Club+Drive,+San+Rafael,+CA+94901+USA&hl=en)  
8:00 PM, Friday, June 3, 2016

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## Set One: "Acoustic"

[8:33 PM lights down, announcements, band out; Tim kinda trips over the chair while sitting down -- disaster narrowly averted!]

01. [8:35 PM] _Song for J.B._
02. [8:39 PM] _Stunt Double_
03. [8:43 PM] _Squeeky Wheel_
04. [8:49 PM] _Mama Tried_
05. [8:52 PM] _All in Favor_  
[Tim tells a story about how the next tune was inspired by Spotless Cleaners]
06. [8:57 PM] _Spotless as You_
07. [9:02 PM] _California Way_
08. [9:05 PM] _Freed from a Prison_  
[Tim tells a story about playing the next tune at Knuckleheads in Kansas City and being interrupted by a passing train]
09. [9:11 PM] _K.C. Southern_
10. [9:15 PM] _Esmerelda_
11. [9:19 PM] _Gone, Gone, Gone_
12. [9:25 PM] _Motorhome_  
[set ends 9:30 PM]

## Set Two: "Electric"

[10:00 PM lights down, announcements, band out]

01. [10:02 PM] _Time Sick Son of a Grizzly Bear_
02. [10:05 PM] _One Way Out_
03. [10:09 PM] _Singing Seems to Ease Me_
04. [10:13 PM] _Young Charlie_
05. [10:19 PM] _Picture of Him_
06. [10:28 PM] _Two Young Queens_
07. [10:34 PM] _Mother Hips_
08. [10:38 PM] _Channel Island Girl_
09. [10:43 PM] _Jefferson Army_
10. [10:49 PM] _3rd Floor Story_
11. [10:54 PM] _Back to the Grotto_
12. [11:03 PM] _Best Friend in Town_  
[Scott breaks a string mid song, but plays on, unfazed; the roadie brings him a new bass for _Magazine_]
13. [11:11 PM] _Magazine_
14. [11:26 PM] _the Cosmonaut_
15. [11:31 PM] _Little Rich Girl_  
[show ends 11:36 PM; no encore tonight; _Transit Wind_ and _Pet Foot_ were on the setlist as encores, but went unplayed]

## Performers

[the Mother Hips](http://www.motherhips.com/)

* Tim Bluhm: guitar, acoustic guitar, lead and harmony vox;
* John Hofer: drums;
* Greg Loiacono: guitar, acoustic guitar, lead (s1t05, s2t04, s2t06, s2t12) and harmony vox;
* Scott Thunes: bass.

## Notes

Took an early exit from SF tonight, so ended up first in line at TXR. Don't recall that happening before! And after being inside now for almost a half hour, the crowd has yet to arrive: looks like all of six paying customers here for the show. Strange!

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